csa payments if a parent remarries?

Brewstersmum

hi after an interesting conversation with a friend this afternoon I thought I would ask on here.

she has 4 children, 2 are teens and have just decided to move in with their dad (the bribe of new phones and clothes allowance worked). my friend was due to marry her fianc!e next year but now says she cant as the teens dad will be able to claim CSA based on not just her income, but the income of her new husband too if they marry.

im not sure whether this is true or not as they are cohabiting and have been for ages and the CSA haven't took this into account.

obviously as the teens are teens....csa wont be applicable for long, so the wedding will happen anyway

Tiglath

I'm going back to the late 90s so things may have changed, but when DH + I moved in together, the CSA wanted my income details to make sure that he would be left with enough to live on. I don't think his CSA payments actually took my income into account; in fact he paid half of what he'd paid under a voluntary arrangement until his ex went to the CSA (he then spent more directly on the kids).

Crellow4

Makes no difference whether they are married or not - partners income does not adversely affect maintenance payments.

lindsaygalaxy

It depends if they are on CSA 1, 2 or 3. I think if it is CSA 1 then his income could be included. But she can asked to be moved to the new system then it wouldnt happen. However, if all 4 children are her exs, surely the fact that 2 are living with him and 2 with her means it cancels itself out?

Crellow4

However, if all 4 children are her exs, surely the fact that 2 are living with him and 2 with her means it cancels itself out? - Sadly it doesn't work that way. If each parent has 2 children, they can claim against each other. There will be 2 opposing liabilities which would only cancel each other if they were of equal value.

Brewstersmum

Thank you, I thought that it didn't matter and that it was the non res parents income rather than their family income that was taken in to account

Thanks

FBaby

It would be now as he would start a new claim. Does she earns more than him? If not, he would have more to lose than her, as he would pay more than receive and his claim would end before hers.

PreludeForTimeFeelers

Also, it would be on the 2012 gross income scheme.